Marie-Hélène Therrien holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in French Literature and Creative Writing. She published La constellation de Cassiopée, a novel, and an essay on Simone de Beauvoir as part of her master's thesis. She also studied journalism, history and cinema. She has translated twenty-three books from English to French and was a radio host on CHYZ 94.3 FM for the show Le réverbère retentissant. She has written a literary column in the Autour de l'île newspaper since 2000.

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